The annual fees of Delhi University have been increased by 46%, amounting to Rs 2,350 across various categories. Some teachers allege that this move is an attempt to use students’ funds to repay the interest on loans from the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA). The HEFA had approved a loan of Rs 930 crore in…
Banks have written off Rs 10.57 lakh crore during the last five financial years, of which Rs 5.52 lakh crore was in respect of loans pertaining to large industries, the government informed the Parliament today. “As per RBI data, scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) have written off an aggregate loan amount of Rs 10.57 lakh crore…
Soon after he alleged EVM hacking was behind the BJP’s poll victories, Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh put up a new post on X to double down on his electoral malpractices charge. The Congress MP has shared two screenshots — one from Facebook and the other from the results page…
The men who killed Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, the chief of the right-wing group Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, had tea with him at his house in Jaipur first. A chilling video of the incident showed the accused sitting with him before opening fire, catching Gogamedi unawares. He was shot at least five times at close range…
The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024, released on Tuesday, recognised Delhi University (DU) as the leading sustainable institute in India, securing the 220th spot globally. The University of Toronto tops the list, followed by the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), and The University of Manchester in second and third positions, respectively. Notably, no Indian…
Artificial intelligence may soon intensify scrutiny of wine fraudsters who deceive consumers by presenting low-quality wine as premium. Scientists have created an AI tool capable of tracing wine origins through meticulous chemical analyses. Utilising machine learning, researchers trained the AI to identify minute variations in the concentrations of various compounds present in different wines. This…
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A Pakistani woman on Tuesday crossed over to India from the Wagah-Attari International Border to marry a Kolkata resident with whom her marriage has been fixed in January next year. Karachi resident Javeria Khanum crossed over into the Indian side from Attari in Amritsar district where she was welcomed by her fiance Sameer Khan and…
A 10-year-old boy in the UK has launched an online petition asking tech giant Apple to redesign its “offensive and insulting” glasses emoji. Teddy, from the parish of Peppard in Oxfordshire, says the emoji with prominent front teeth gives a wrong impression of people who wear glasses. He has even redesigned the icon with, substituting…
A DMK MP in Lok Sabha sparked a controversy on Tuesday by describing Hindi heartland states as “gaumutra states”, and said the BJP can win elections only there and not in south India. BJP leaders hit back at the DMK and asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi if he agreed with the insulting remarks of its…